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The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26

PIEDMONT SEMINARY. .g5i, -
L.incolnton. Lincoln Co., N. O..
A School for both sexes Wide awake and up
with the times. Thorough, practical and reIia-
BILE. Prepares for College or for Business. = The
success of our pupils our best advertisement.
Location healthy. Of easy access by RaiIroad.
Next session begins the last Wednesday in
August, 1887. ts -E flasa..@ "s BIZ
We want you to see Circular Please send
for one to -sf n .zs5f. b Z i ts0fafs 81 var
.-..''.-.. D. MATT. THOMPSON, !
July 90. 1857 CIV - Principal.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26

rB The new line for Street Cars was opene
on Monday last-from the Public Square alon
East Trade Street to near the creek
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26
Specialties I'm Hats.

The "Boss Raw Edge" Soft Hats, the Light
Weight" Silk Hats, most approved style.
Trunks and .Valises, very superior line. 'a
Ladies' High Button Boots, Misses High But
ton Boots, Children's High Button Boots. eais
Leather Back Bound Slipper soles, Lambs
Bound slipper Soles, Porpoise Laces, Alma
Polish, Fine Button Hooks, Stocking Heel Pro-
tectors. sd = 81 azsnokk
Aug, 26, 1887
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26

eB We suggest that Democratic pa
pers had better not talk too much about
John Sherman favoring the abolition of
the miserable Internal Revenue Law, and
abuse him for SO doing. It might make a
good many people Ignorant if you please
to call them) vote for him for President,
should he be nominated by the Republi.
can party. No one living away from the
Mountains of North Carolina, and outside
of the old Sixth Internal Revenue Dis
trict, has correct idea OF how the people
are oppressed and logged by the Internal
Revenue Law. The law has done about
as much harm as the mean whiskey made
by the violators of the law.
w Our usually correct friend of the
Newbern Journal, speaking of the late
storm in Newbe says that Cheney
tree was blown down. We respectfully
suggest that he should say "Chinap tree.
1t is said that many years ago the first
China tree was brought to Fayetteville
aud planted. 1t was imported from
Europe. And SO was that nuisance called
"Nut Grass" first imported to Fayette.
vile as an ornamental plant. That, and
the Cane Grass, cannot be eradicated
where it gets footing. We once heard
of man who sowed his garden down
with salt six inches deep to kill Nut Grass,
but it didn't kill the stuff, for it came up
the next year as rank as ever. But the
China tree makes good shade, and at
tracts robbins in the winter time so you
can kill them. That's about all we know
about tree-ology and grass.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26
1887.
MACON SCHOOL,

1873. 1887.
MACON SCHOOL ssd sH
Opens its 18th Session on tie sIst of Sept
For Circulars call upon R. E. Cochrane, ED,
No. 2, Tryon street. =
,*se4 as R8 885t E Principal
s r. p MATZ, Ph. d,
Aug 5, 1887. tt Vice Principal.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26

eB- Why do not pedestrians, when meeting
on our sidewalks, turn aEaoays to the right,
instead of having no fixed rules to govern them.
A good many collisions and no small amount of
prancing around from side to side might be
avoided. In case of collisions either on the
streets, pavements or roads, we think there is q
State law which imposes penalty on the person
wagon or carriage that negects to move to the
right.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1887-08-26

a,s8 DEALER IN s1Hgd Sa8a4 4sr
Boots, Shoes. Rubbers, Trunks
And Valises. -. - :. -, :.

First National Bank Buildiag)
SOUTH TRYoN ST., CHARLoTTE, N. @.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25
AN ANCIENT INITIAL
Relic Found on the Battle Ground
of the Indians.

Fremont Tribune: A. G. Records, for
a number of years resident OF Dodge
County. but now OF Linwood, Butler
County, in the practice Of law, is in the
city to-day. Mr.. Records, with a num-
Der of other people, was recently look
ing ever the historic battle ground
where the great fight between the Sioux
Indians on one side and the Pawnees,
Omahas and Otoes on the other,
occurred about twenty-five years
ago, near where Linwood now
stands, and among other interesting
relies. one Of the party picked up an
old medal which is very interesting. 1t
is of pure silver, ~ inches in diameter,
weighs about twice as much as silver
dollar, and is in good state of preser-
vation. One side is ornamented with q
coat of arms nearly like that of the
State of New York, and is inscribed
"Rrie Canal, Com. July, 1917; city of
N. York" On the reverse is medieval
design, representing the union of the
coast and inland country, and the in
scription: Union OF Erie and the
Atlantic" The medal is Of excellent
workmanship, and the mystery Is how
1t came there. The old Indian battle
ground is a grim place to visit; grin
ming human skulls and bleaching bones
are to be seen on all sides, and many
valuable relics have been found and
preserved by the residents of that
vicinity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25
RinRinR Noises

In the ears, sometimes a roaring, buzz
ing sound, are caused by catarrh, that
exceedingly dissgreeable and very com.
mon disease. Loss of smell or hearing
also result from catRrrh. Hoods Sar-
sapariIla, the great blood purifier, is q
peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying the
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the peculiar medf-
cine. 2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25

~ The Goods viii be shown Wholesale Floor.
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MCCORMICK & Co..
B A n x e r. q
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND
HALEY, IDAHO.

Careful attention given to the sale of Ores
guaranteeing the Highest Market Prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25

Youths Suits stylish durable the following
closing prices $12 90 ss and $500 ~
Youths Overcoats at O SoU
$1,000 and upwards. - .o-o
one IotofC hldrenE S235.
Seven of tits from$ $500 each.
Colored Blankets $L75
overstock but don't delay winter to
before spring. * OK o,5 IN,
$780, Of them
at $12 You
buyth less than 81 so each.
One lot of 1o"yard lengths Double Diagonal
sd Double Wide Anu TIoone Dress Patterns
One Lot of 1Oyard lengths WooD Patterns at $685.
Iot of lengths
ONE Lot Fun Measure $o COMPUTATION
bargains e most fasdous ladies' being
One Imitation Paisley shaWs, $1Oe.
Imitation Paisley Double shswl cheap at 500 Tor 1925
Lot of at 500 for $500
Chndren and Ladies Wooden Hoods at &c., &c., % and
One at &c., &c., 25c and 4oc
Our Shoe Department
Wants 10 sell off
Shoes Less Than Cost We mention lew ARTICLES only:
Lot of Slippers 25
OneI otSf web Slippers %,at2o pair
Lot OF nfantsK for SOC q pair
ONE Lot GbdFsn f SHOES Shoes W ToTb fo s5
each of Boys Lace Shoes at$l15 and $L5C.
Lotto at$2O0 cheap
No showing goods We know they cheap
Novelties and the low
We have the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25
ACTIVE ,COoUNEs SOLICITED

PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS:
NEW YoRK-Importers' ald Traders' Ma.
tional Bank, Chemical National Bank,
Kountze Brothers.
CHICAGO -Commercial National Bank.
81. LoUIs-States Savings Association.
KANSAS CIFY-N&Honsl Bank of Kansas
City.
OHAHL-OmanaN National Bank.
DENvKR-City National Bank, Denver Ma
tional Bank.
EVANSTON, Wyo.-BeckwNh d Co.
OsDEH-Commerci National Bank.
HELENA, Mont-First National Bank.
BUTTE, Mont--First National Bank, CLARK
& Larsbie.
HALEY, Idaho-McCornick d Co.
BELLEVUE, Idaho-G. A. AcCorhiok & co.
ELKo, Nevsda-J. Henderson.
sAH FRAuCIBCo-Firbt National Bank, The
Croker Woolworth National Bank.
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Collections Made at Lowest Rate

Execute Orders for the Purchase or Sale o.
Stocks and Bonds at New York and SaI
Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-25

We sell Exchange and Geographic Tran
fsrs on leading cities of the United States
also furnish Sight Drafts or Remit FundRte
London, Dublin, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris,
Stockholm and al other prominent points
In Europe, at IovestRates OF Exchange.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
The Poorer People Of London.

The remarkable we'll being Of children
In neighboring slums and cutters would
lead one to suppose that dirt is healthy,
though OF course there are many who do
not exhibit such evidence of robustness.
But it is certain that the pampered infant,
carefully wrapped in flannel from it's birth,
and doctored upon every possible occasion,
is not, in the long run, Of the same endur-
ing constitution generally to be met with
in the lower classes, though the grumble
OF these concerning their richer brethren
is incessant.
Look, however, at these specimens OF
humanity when they reach o maturer age,
their coarse ideas and ways, which are
followed by many others who have not
their excuse The very way in which the
coster and his like make love partakes OF
the brute. He is ~unendowed with the
power Of forming his feeling into delicate
or even acceptable speech, so he takes to
banging or pinching, and one may see the
well known type Of carry and his gal''
OF fine feathers, oiled hair and high heels
cutting each other to denote their affection,
or coarsely assaulting their ~favorites to
display their displeasure, and perhaps
sulkily walking apart when annoyed, but
not sufficiently irritable for my more ag-
grcssive form Of venting their feelings
London Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Getting Out OF q ScraDe.

Said an old veteran and n prominent
business man: "You would not believe it,
but at ono time l was a member of one
OF the military bands in the old army.
1t so happened that the regiment to which
u band was attached was sent to Fort
Pulaski. We were on one Of the gun
boats naneuvering In that region, and on
one occasion in passing up the river, which
had several outlet channels or mouths,
the boat ran up the wrong channel, one
30 narrow that it did not permit "a turn Of
the boat except under the very guns of
the rebels. The officer in command soon
discovered the mistake, but the question
was how he was to get out of the scrape.
"Some distance to the front the channel
wldened, 30 that there would be no diff
Guilty in turning the boat for a retreat if
the rebel guns which commanded that
part of the channel would keep quiet.
The officer called the band together and
Instructed them to play Dixie We did
1t and did u best, and that Federal gun
boat swung round into the wide part of
the channel, the band playing the ~favorite
tune and the rebels cheering US instead Of
firing at us. AS soon as the turn was
made and the boat was out of the imme-
Giate range of the heavy guns we changed
instantly to The Star Spangled Banner
and then it was bang and crash and roar,
the very men who had been cheering us
not two minutes before sending bullets
ate. us. Inter Ocean.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Not the First Queen.

Patriotic Americans will hardly agree
with the spirit of the statement that
Queen Kapiolani is the first queen who
has ever crossed the threshold Of the
White house, even though they may be
forced to concede the literal accuracy.
To the American mind queens without
number have entered the portals of that
imposing edifice, and have held sway
within its walls.
For what constitutes a queen? l. it
dominion we the hearts Of men? Is
it the possession of womanly truth and
purity? Is it the dominion over vast
possessions? Is it the ability to utter
mandates and see diem obeyed with
uDquestioning readiness? Is it, in
short, the faculty of exercising her own
sweet will without let or hindrance?
If such it is, then many an American
woman who has been either guest or
mistress of the White house can claim
right regal honors.
For is not every American citizen a
sovereign, and is not a sovereign's wife
a queen? And nowhere on earth does
any queen meet with the loyalty and
devotion from her subjects which is
accorded SO gladly to the American
queen, who only differs from her more
pretentious sisters in that her court is
smaller.
This may indeed be a country in
which no queen reigns pre-eminent, but
it is one in which every household is q
kingdom and is presided over by a
queen as worthy of homage and respect
as any crowned monarch that ever drew
the breath of iife.-St. Paul Globe.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04

I have heard many French housekeepers
declare that they gladly put up with all
servant annoyances, except with those Of
a wet nurse. They are the real tyrants
and worry OF the servant class. In the
first place a good nurses a are enor-
nous; she is paid from $50 to $40 a
month; she is given a whole trousseau;
she must be fed with extra dishes, q
thing, which however reasonable it may
seem, always excites grumbling among
the other servants. For baby's sake, she
is out a good deal, and in parks she meets
other nurses, who for pastime make il a
point to gossip and tear their masters to
pieces. When found fault with, nurse
must not be scoldcd nor worried; it might
hurt the baby. She is well aware that the
peace of the family depends upon her, and
like all despots she is sure to take advan-
tage of it. Moral; Mothers must nurse
their OWL children .-Cor Brooklyn Eagle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Short Stories of the Best Glass

/ cannot agree with Mr.. Howells that
the well wrought short story is abundant.
There are short stories whose number is
beyond count and whose readableness Is
above zero, but the short story such as
Mr.. Howells exalts is certainly rare. But
this Is not meant as an indictment OF our
writer's, for a short story of the best class
Is distinctly the most difficult thing to ac-
complish in literature. 1t implies almost
all that the novel requires-freshness Of
Characterization and novelty of situation;
and hence q writer must be rich in re-
sources who can afford to lavish upon a
miniature discoveries In the way Of char
acter and incident sufficient to set forth q
heroic canvas. A well known novelist
once said to me: ~ cannot afford to
write short stories; II ! invent anything
good enough for q short story / have in
vented something that Is the nucleus of a
novel" From this point Of view it is a
wonder that short stories are written at
all. - !iIome Journal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Cities of the Hills.

From an extended article descriptive
of the Black Hills, contributed to the
Dakota immigration Journal by Rev. o.
L. Murray, formerly of Deadwood, and
comparatively well known in this city,
we clip the following brief mention
of the cities of the Hills:
The Black Hills region, like all mining
camps has it's full quota of deserted
villages" only awaiting the pen Of a
Goldsmith to make them immortal.
But there are a number of towns that
are built for %permanency bright, Wig
orous, enterprising cities. Rapid is the
Gate City," commanding the entrance
to the Hills. The f., +. d NJ. V. R'y
has its present terminus here. The
town is solidly built of fine brick blocks
that mean to stay. The School Of Mines
is at this point.
Deadwood is still the Mistress of the
Mountains" proudly ruling all she
surveys. At the center of the produc-
ing mines, a large share of the wealth
of the Black Hills must gravitate TO
nature intended for rulers and they
mould the wonderful city by their
power.
is fed by the soldiers of TT. Meade.
The fort is one of earth's beauty spots
and should be visited by the tourist to
the Hills.
is Queen of the Heights" being $500
feet above the tide level. She com
mands the mica and tin mines and these
are bound to become prolific.
EARFI
is built at the foot hills, overlooking one
of the most beautiful and productive
valleys | ever saw. All the large cattle
interests center here and some have
called it a cowboy town. But it is none
the worse for that. The cattle men are
the most lied about class i'm the west
except the preachers. During my two
years of acquaintance with the town /
never saw any roughness and it seemed
more peacable and law abiding than the
hills towns. The school Of schools-the
Normal-is at this point, well manned
and doing good work.
LEAF CITY
is the home of the Homestake, and the
great bullion producer is the heart of
this region. The town has an air of
thrift not possessed by any townin the
northern Hills.
CARBONATE CAMP
is the Silver City. The Iron Hill mine
last season, with Il ten stamp mill,
ground out over a thousand dollars a
day. Some kind of gambling in stocks
paralized this industry, but it is happily
looking up again.
OTHER TOWNS.
Central City is at . stand still. She was
Kept up a long time by the De Smet
mine, but that has closed. Terravi!le is
kept alive by the Caledonia and Terra
mines and is the most like a mining
camp and the least like a town of any OF
the bergs of the mountains.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04

Mount Etna is again active.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Fatal Newspaper Controversy,

The Sioux City Journal Of the 3lst
ult. contains an account Of the shooting
of o. b. Willard, editor of the Sherman
County Times, by B. T. Richardson,
editor of the Northwestern, both of
Loup City, Nebraska, which was the
result of, and a sad ending to a long
continued newspaper controversy. The
account says:
The bad blood between the two men
was caused by personalities appearing
in each of the two papers. Both men
finally became very abusive. On Thurs
day Willard published an article en-
titled about Hyenas," in which he
called Richardson a hyena, closely allied
TO a dog, and also called him a nocturnal
prowling thief. Also charged him with
crime. and asserted that he could prove
it. On Friday Richardson retaliated by
threatening to publish IA certain poem,
and Willard met him and told him if he
published it he would kill him. Rich.
ardson carried out his threat Of publica-
ton. The poem" reflected upon the
character of Mr.. Willard and his wife.
Immediately after the publication
Richardson went prepared to meet the
consequences. They met at the barber
shop. Richardson, on yacating the
chair, saw Willard standing near the
door. Willard thereupon struck at Rich
ardson with a piece of metal, afterwards
clinching him, when Richardson drew
his revolver and fired two shots which
took effect near the heart. Willard
turned, took two or three steps and fell,
expiring instantly.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
The Comstock Lode,

know it will astonish many, but Com
stock was not really the one who dis
covered the world famous lode that
bears his name. He stands somewhat
in the light Of ~discoverer Of his name.
as Americas does not gave his name to
the new world. Comstock was toiling
oyer in American Flat Ravine when
Peter O'Reilly and Pat Mclaughlin
discovered the Comstock lode. Old
Virginny DANES Finney) told McLaugh-
lin and O'Reilly. in a casual converse
ton, about some indications he had
seen over at Gold Hill while hunting
deer, but he attached no importance to
them. The two men went over and
decided to locate. In sinking q hole
for water, when four feet down they
struck a decomposed ore at the point
where Ophir mine now is. The odd
looking black dirt did not at first attract
their attention, but as it is the custom
with miners to try everything, Nc
Laughlin put some dirt in his rocker
and washed it out. The result was
astonishing. The bottom Of the rocker
was literally covered with fine gold. In
a few minutes the two men were taking
out gold at the rate of $500 a day. Com
stock came upon the scene about this
time and claimed the ground as his
property. There vas some foundation
for mis- claim and the other two had such
a good thing of it themselves that they
let him go into the syndicate, and so
Comstock became an equal shareholder
with the rest. The old fellow claimed
al extra allowance Tor the water right,
and as they had already acknowledged
his right to the land they could not
question his little to the water flowing
over it. For the water he got an extra
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Tho Cry OF the Dansheo,

There Is now living In Bristol q Mrs.
Linahan, an old Irish woman, who has
not seen her own country for forty years.
She Is old, poor, bed ridden and suffering,
but patient and cheerful beyond belief.
Her strongest feeling is love for Ireland,
and she likes talking TO me because / am
Irish. Many q time, sitting in her little,
close room, above the noisy street, she has
told me about banshees and phookas and
fairies, especially the first. She declares
solemnly she once heard the cry, or caoin
Of a banshee.
1T was when I was q little young
child" she told me, "and knew nothing
at all of banshees, or OF death. One day
mother sent me to see after my grand
mother, the length of three miles from
our house. All the road was deep in snow,
and l went my lone-and didn't know the
grandmother was dead, and my aunt gone
to the village for help. So / got to the
house, and l SEQ her lying so still and
quiet thought she was sleepin'. When
l called her and she wouldn't stir or speak,
! thought I'd put snow on her face to
wake her. / just stepped outside to get q
handful, and came in, leaving the door
open, and hen l heard a far away cry, SO
faint and yet 50 fearsome that l shook
like a leaf in the wind. 1t got nearer and
nearer, and then / heard O sound like
clapping or wringing OF hands, as they do
In kneeling at a funeral. Twice it came
and then ! slid down to the ground and
crept under the bed where my grand
mother lay, and there i heard it for the
third time crying, 'Ochone, ochone,' at the
very door. Then it suddenly stopped; l
couldn't tell where IL went, and l dared
not lift up my head till the woman came
in the house. One Of them took me up
n said: 1T was the banshee the child
heard, for the woman that lies there was
one Of the real old Irish families--she was
an O'Grady and that was the raison Of
It.. '"--English Magazine.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
Fencing Preferable To Sparrinu.

A New York lawyer whose professional
duties are exacting declares that sparring
his living by his brains, because it sub
jects him to blows on the head, which are
as injurious to the apparatus of thought
as knocks are to q delicately constructed
watch. He prefers fencing. The Argo-
paUt.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
q GA r ID.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions OF youth, nervous weakness, early
decay. loss OF manhood. &c. I will send a recipe
that will cure you. FREE oF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary IN South
America. Send q self-addressod envelope TO tho
REV. JOSEPH r. IEMAN, Station d. Nsw York City.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04

one hundred feet, and the one hundred
feet thus segregated was the Spanish
mine, which afterward sold for $780,
O0O.-Chicago Mining Review.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04

II is estimated that the decrease in
the public debt during the month of
May is $4,000, 900.